Editors’ Collection

Our Best Bread Recipes

Whether you’re looking for an easy banana bread recipe or a baking project, our best bread recipes have you covered.

Linda Xiao for The New York Times. Food stylist: Maggie Ruggiero. Prop stylist: Heather Greene.

Recipes

Chocolate-Cherry Sourdough Bread
Tejal Rao, Francisco Migoya, Nathan Myhrvold
515 ratings with an average rating of 4 out of 5 stars
515
1 hour 30 minutes, plus about 20 hours' rising
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Sourdough Rye
Mark Bittman
161 ratings with an average rating of 4 out of 5 stars
161
5 hours, plus 5 days' storing
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Country Bread With Apples
Martha Rose Shulman
150 ratings with an average rating of 4 out of 5 stars
150
40 minutes baking, plus 16½ hours for fermentation
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Healthy
Hot Cross Buns
Genevieve Ko
929 ratings with an average rating of 4 out of 5 stars
929
4½ hours
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Grilled Lebanese Flatbread
Mark Bittman
717 ratings with an average rating of 5 out of 5 stars
717
1½ hours
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Whole-Wheat Date Bread
Melissa Clark
359 ratings with an average rating of 5 out of 5 stars
359
1 hour 10 minutes, plus cooling
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Not-Quite-Whole-Grain Baguettes
Mark Bittman
452 ratings with an average rating of 5 out of 5 stars
452
4 hours
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Choco Pan de Coco
Tejal Rao, Bryan Ford
726 ratings with an average rating of 4 out of 5 stars
726
2 hours, plus fermentation
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Sourdough Starter
Oliver Strand, Peter Reinhart
2314 ratings with an average rating of 4 out of 5 stars
2,314
4 to 8 days
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Whole-Wheat Quinoa Bread
Martha Rose Shulman
437 ratings with an average rating of 5 out of 5 stars
437
2 hours
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Healthy
Walnut Bread
Florence Fabricant
342 ratings with an average rating of 5 out of 5 stars
342
3½ hours, plus cooling
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All Whole-Wheat Sandwich Bread
Mark Bittman
235 ratings with an average rating of 4 out of 5 stars
235
At least 3 hours, largely unattended
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Smoked Bread With Maple Butter
Melissa Clark, Pearl & Ash
29 ratings with an average rating of 5 out of 5 stars
29
1 hour, plus rising time
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Ciabatta
Emily Weinstein, Sarah Black
322 ratings with an average rating of 4 out of 5 stars
322
About 6 hours
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Hamburger Buns
Claire Saffitz
206 ratings with an average rating of 4 out of 5 stars
206
1 hour 45 minutes, plus 6 to 26 hours’ resting and proofing
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Whole-Wheat Seeded Loaves
Martha Rose Shulman
179 ratings with an average rating of 5 out of 5 stars
179
About 5 hours 15 minutes, plus the overnight soak for the seeds
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Pane Integrale (Whole-Wheat Bread)
Christine Muhlke, Jim Lahey
420 ratings with an average rating of 5 out of 5 stars
420
3 hours, plus 18 hours for rising
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Salt-Rising Bread
Tejal Rao
431 ratings with an average rating of 4 out of 5 stars
431
1¼ hours, plus at least 12 hours’ rising
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All-Purpose Enriched Bread
Claire Saffitz
1046 ratings with an average rating of 4 out of 5 stars
1,046
1 hour 45 minutes, plus 6 to 26 hours’ resting and proofing
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Sweet Potato Cinnamon Swirl Bread
Laurie Ellen Pellicano
187 ratings with an average rating of 4 out of 5 stars
187
2 hours, plus proofing and chilling
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Cheesy Beer Bread
Erin Jeanne McDowell
395 ratings with an average rating of 4 out of 5 stars
395
1½ hours
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Coco Bread
The New York Times, Adam Schop
89 ratings with an average rating of 4 out of 5 stars
89
About 3 hours
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Nordic Whole-Grain Rye Bread
Julia Moskin, Claus Meyer
434 ratings with an average rating of 4 out of 5 stars
434
2 days
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